LITCHFIELD -- A Litchfield man's consensual relationship with a 15-year-old resulted in his guilty plea to sexual assault charges in court Friday morning.

Travis Golden, 21, pled guilty to second-degree sexual assault in Litchfield Superior Court, and his sentencing was continued to April 13. Golden had also been charged with driving with a suspended license and risk of injury to a minor, but pled not guilty to both charges.

Golden was arrested on July 24, 2011 after his accuser's parents woke up their 15-year-old daughter and discovered Golden in her bed. The victim's father chased Golden down as he ran out of the victim's East Street home and through the front yard. Golden eventually escaped and ran towards Chestnut Hill Road, where he was arrested by state police.

According to the arrest report, the victim's mother told police that she found Golden in bed with the victim, after the victim told Golden he could sleep over. The victim asked him to spend the night "because he was drunk and wanted to hurt himself last night," the report reads.

The victim told police that she had consensual sex with Golden the previous night, as they had a relationship since June. Golden confirmed the victim's statement in an interview after waiving his Miranda rights.

According to the report, Golden told police that he met the accuser at a party in November 2010 and began having sex with her a month and a half later.

"Golden stated that he and the 15 year old victim talked about it and agreed that age did not matter if they liked each other," the police report states.

According to Golden, the couple went to a party in Bantam the night of July 23, 2011 before Golden brought the victim back to her house at her curfew of 11 p.m. Golden then went back to the party and was told the victim had snuck out of her house and wanted to come back, so he picked her up and returned to the party with her.

Golden and the victim left the party with a friend at approximately 3 a.m., dropping the friend off in Torrington before getting gas and returning to the victim's home. According to Golden, the victim asked him to spend the night due to some of his earlier comments. "Golden stated that when he drinks he gets emotional sometimes but in no way would he hurt himself," the report states.

The arrest is by no means Golden's first run-in with the law. One year before the incident occurred, Golden had been arrested after crashing a graduation party and punching a 16-year-old in the nose. On Feb. 14, 2011, Golden was sentenced to 30 days in jail on charges of breach of peace as a result of the incident. Golden has also been convicted of possession of narcotics, second-degree robbery and attempted second-degree robbery -- with ensuing violations of probation on the latter two charges. The robbery and attempted robbery charges were from incidents in 2003 and 2004, while the narcotics possession occurred on June 11, 2010.

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